Rasendrasāra Saṅgraha (Āyurveda book)

Rasendrasāra Saṅgraha is a notable book written by Gopālakṛṣṇa Bhaṭṭa. The book was written in the fourteenth century. The text can be distinctly halved into two sections. First one deals with the minerals and metals with properties, Śodhana, Māraṇa etc. The second part includes the Rasayogas or formulations in various diseases. The book is divided into four chapters.

In the first chapter describes Pārada, Varga, Uparasa, Gandhaka, Vajra, Vaikrānta, Abhraka, Haratala, Manaḥśila, kharpara, Tuttha, Vimala, Makṣika, Kāśiśa, Kāntapāṣāṇa, Varāṭikā, Añjana, Hiṅgula, Śilājatu, Gairika, Kaṅkuṣṭha, Taṅkaṇa, Śaṅkha and Dhātu. In the second chapter describes Virecana yogas, Jvara Cikitsā, Atisāra Cikitsā, Grahaṇī Roga Cikitsā, Arśa Cikitsā, Ajīrṇa Cikitsā, Krimi Cikitsā, Pāṇḍu Kāmalā Cikitsā, Rakta Pitta Cikitsā, Yakṣmā Cikitsā, Kāsa Cikitsā, Hikkā Śvāsa Cikitsā, Arocaka cikitsā, Chardi Roga Cikitsā, Tṛṣṇā Cikitsā, Mūrchā Roga Cikitsā, Madātyaya Cikitsā, Dāha Cikitsā, Unmāda Roga Cikitsā, Apasmāra Cikitsā, Vāta Vyādhi Cikitsā, Kapharoga Cikitsā, Pitta Roga Cikitsā, Vātarakta Cikitsā, Urusthambha Cikitsā, Āmavāta Cikitsā, Śūla Roga Cikitsā, Udāvarta Ānāha Cikitsā, Gulma Roga Cikitsā, Hṛdroga Cikitsā, Mūtra Kṛchra Cikitsā, Mūtraghāta Cikitsā, Aśmarī Cikitsā, Prameha Cikitsā, Somaroga Cikitsā, Sthoulya Cikitsā, Udara Roga Cikitsā, Plihāroga Cikitsā, Śotha Roga Cikitsā, Arvuda Cikitsā, Ślīpada Cikitsā, Bhagandara Cikitsā, Upadaṃśa Cikitsā, Kuṣṭharoga Cikitsā, Śvitra cikitsā, Śītapitta Udara Koṭḥa Cikitsā, Amlapitta Cikitsā, Visarpa Visphoṭa Tantuka Roga Cikitsā, Masūrikā Cikitsā, Mukharoga Cikitsā, Karṇaroga Cikitsā, Nāsāroga Cikitsā, Netraroga Cikitsā, Śiroroga Cikitsā, Pradara Roga Cikitsā, Yonivyāpad Cikitsā, Sūtikā Roga Cikitsā, Bālaroga Cikitsā etc. The third chapter describes poison treatment. The fourth chapter describes Rasāyana -Vājīkaraṇa^[1].

The main decisions of Āyurveda depend on the following factors namely–Pañca- Mahābhūta, Tridoṣa, six Rasa, Guṇa, Vīrya, Vipāka, Prabhāva, seven Dhatu, and Prakṛti. There are two types of semen, warm and cold. There are two types of Vikāra, Avasthāpāka and Niṣṭhāpāka. The seven Dhātus are–juice, blood, flesh, fat. bone, marrow and sperm. Nature is immutable. According to threefold nature, there are three types–Sāttvika nature, Rājasa nature and Tāmasa nature. According to Cakrapāṇi, there are three types of quality–Vaiśeṣika, Sāmānya and Ātma^[2].